ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday expressed his disappointmentover ‘the arrogant & negative response’ by India over his call forresumption of the peace dialogue between Pakistan and India.

The prime minister further said in his tweet however, throughout his life,he had come across ‘small men occupying big offices who do not have thevision to see the larger picture’.

Earlier, the Foreign Office in its statement said the Government ofPakistan was deeply disappointed at the announcement made by the IndianMinistry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi about the cancellation ofthe meeting of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, which was to beheld on the sidelines of UNGA in New York.

The reasons cited by the Indian side for the decision to cancel the ForeignMinisters’ meeting, within 24 hours of its public confirmation, wereentirely unconvincing, it added.

It said Prime Minister Imran Khan had, in his first public comments afterhis electoral success, outlined a forward-looking vision of Pakistan-Indiarelations.

In the same spirit, Prime Minister Imran Khan in his reply letter endorsedPrime Minister Modi’s call for “constructive engagement” and proposed themeeting of the two Foreign Ministers in New York to discuss a way forwardon bilateral and SAARC-related matters, the Foreign Office said. APP